Praveen Srivatsa is the Founder and Director of AsthraSoft (www.asthrasoft.com). He has over 14 years of experience in the software industry and has workrd at Oracle Financial Services (formerly iFlex Solutions),, ADITI Technologies and Orbit-e Consulting before starting off on his own. Microsoft has recognized him as the MSDN Regional Director for Bangalore, India. In addition, he has also been nominated the Most Valued Professional (MVP) from Microsoft since 2006 for his contribution. He is a well know industry speaker and has been delivered sessions for iNETA, PASS and at various Microsoft events like DevDays and TechED in India and abroad.
Editors Picks
13 Aug 2009
Microsoft Has Fixed Its Core Area - The OS
Praveen Srivatsa writes
"...I installed Windows 7 on a slightly older (4yr odl Toshiba workhorse) machine on which Vista crawled. A few [4]primary things that stand our in Windows 7...With this, I think that Microsoft has reached a milestone from where they can build a stronger base. Would Google Chrome OS make a dent in..."
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NET Framework
21 Apr 2009
Microsoft Dev Tools Have Undergone Radical Changes
Praveen Srivatsa writes
"...With VS2010 and .NET 4.0 Microsoft is moving ahead with more technology offerings being added to its already strong arsenal. Most of the developer though are on .NET 2.0 and woe the fact that Microsoft is moving too fast. But its a reflection...That release actually allowed Microsoft to go ahead the spread its tentacles to newer offerings like..."
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Editors Picks
20 Apr 2009
Azure From a Developer's Perspective
Praveen Srivatsa writes
"...Development will be more about service integration than development on these technologies from scratch. I would guess that specific companies would decide to invest in these technologies and they would need to invest in these skills. When Commerce and Biztalk servers were introduced a horde of developers attempted..."
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